Nafij Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Nafij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 210 | 1:3,652,692 | 102,297 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Nafij (1,825) may also be a first name.
Nafij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafij Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafij (Hindi: नफीज, Marathi: नफीज, Oriya: ନଫିଜ) occurs most in India. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafij? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nafij is the 1,067,497th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Nafij live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 178,629th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,825 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 3,652,692. In India it is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 43 percent are found, Telangana, where 25 percent are found and Bihar, where 24 percent are found. Apart from India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafij in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଫିଜ | naphija | - |
| Nafij in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीज | naphija | 95.82 |
| नफ़िज | nafija | 0.63 |
| नफ़ीज | nafija | 0.21 |
| Nafij in the Marathi language | ||
| नफीज | naphija | 56 |
| नािफज | naiphaja | 36 |
| नािजया | naijaya | 4 |
| नवी | navi | 4 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nafij
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